First Merchants Corporation (FRME) Stock Overview
NASDAQ · Financial Services · Banks - Regional
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About First Merchants Corporation
First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides commercial and consumer banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including checking, savings, and deposit products; debit and credit cards; mortgages,…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
First Merchants Corporation operates in the Financial Services sector, within the Banks - Regional industry group. It is listed on the NASDAQ exchange.
First Merchants Corporation at a Glance
| Company | First Merchants Corporation |
| Ticker | FRME |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $42.06 |
| Market cap | $2.64B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | 13.52 |
| EPS (trailing) | $3.11 |
| 52-week high | $45.33 |
| 52-week low | $34.66 |
| Dividend yield | 3.52% |
| Ex-dividend date | 04 Sep 2026 |
| Beta | 0.85 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.37% |
| Debt-to-equity | — |
| Average volume | 431,807 |
| Shares outstanding | 62.80M |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Banks - Regional |
| Employees | 2,086 |
| Country | United States |
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- First Merchants Corporation's trailing annual dividend yield is 3.52%. Compare with other high-yield stocks →
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